Chapter 468: Weak body, mechanical ascension

The spiritual pool located in the Dragon Head Treasure Land has indeed returned to normal.

When Shanglu came here again, he could no longer see the chaotic energy and foul smell.

Even the withered blood spirit flowers bloomed again. Looking around, it was all blood red, beautiful yet eerie.

“This Dragon Head Treasure Land is indeed often corrupted, and the Witch Academy seems to have rich experience in dealing with it. I just don’t know where the strange smell that causes corruption comes from? Is it the work of mountain ghosts?”

While Shang Lu was looking at the current situation of the Dragon Head Treasure Land, he recalled his past experiences in his heart.

Come to think of it, the strange look that had given him that first glance didn’t seem like that of a mountain ghost.

Because there was no hatred towards him in that look, instead, there was a kind of salivating desire as if seeing a delicious delicacy.

In the end, that gaze didn’t eat him. I wonder if it was because it was afraid that he would be discovered by the masters in the Witch Academy, or because it thought he was too weak and wanted to fatten him up before taking action?

Shang Lu couldn’t help but shudder when he thought of this.

“I wonder if the Witch Academy has launched an investigation into the premature corruption of the Dragon Head Treasure Land? After I finish soaking in the Spirit Pool, I have to go find Uncle Lu to ask about the situation.”

Shang Lu was thinking when he suddenly heard someone calling him:
“Junior Brother Shang, we have arrived at the spiritual pool we want to soak in, so we will not continue to walk deeper into the treasure land with you.”

“I wish you can purify the pollution and resentment in your body as soon as possible and achieve a breakthrough!”

“Junior brother, after you finish soaking in the spirit pool, please remember to send a message to me. I will pray for you every day and ask the gods to bless you.”

Shang Lu regained his composure and looked around, and found that he had already arrived at several spirit ponds.

These spirit pools are located on the edge of the Dragon Head Treasure Land. Their spiritual energy is not high, and they are obviously not qualified to purify the pollution caused by the chaotic divinity, but they are more than enough to wash away the evil spirits that are contaminated by entering the dangerous land.

Except for Shang Lu and his four companions, the rest of the Witch Academy disciples were arranged to be purified in these spirit pools.

They wanted to follow them deeper into the Dragon Head Treasure Land, but the guiding crane disagreed, so they could only say goodbye to Shang Lu here.

“Thank you for the blessings from all the seniors. Let’s keep in touch in the future.”

Shang Lu used his eloquence and spoke a lot of polite nonsense, which made all the disciples feel like they were in spring breeze.

Especially the senior sisters, they laughed so hard that they were shaking, and told Shang Lu to contact them after he finished bathing in the spirit pool and left the Dragon Head Treasure Land.

“Brother, we are waiting to treat you to a drink to repay you for saving our lives. You must give us a chance.”

Seeing the seductive looks of these senior sisters, Shang Lu was very suspicious that their purpose was definitely not as simple as drinking.

I’m afraid he wants to “drink” him, take the yang to replenish the yin, and seize the opportunity?
Humph, you are all a bunch of female demons. I, Shang Lu, am a decent person, how could I fall for your tricks?
Shang Lu looked righteous and politely declined the kind invitations from several senior sisters.

After all, Sanniang is still floating nearby.

After dealing with the enthusiastic senior brothers and sisters, Shang Lu, Lu Yang, Bai Lingxu and Gongshu Ling’s Wu Jia, led by the guiding crane, continued to move deeper into the Dragon Head Treasure Land.

Bai Lingxu glanced back and whispered, “Junior Brother Shang, I saw that those senior sisters seemed to be interested in you. Why did you reject them all? Did you not like any of them? Or…”

He lowered his eyes and lowered his voice: “What are the hidden dangers of your body?”

Shang Lu flatly denied: “Brother Bai, please don’t make random guesses. I am in good health and have no hidden dangers! I just don’t want these things to affect my practice.”

Lu Yang nodded in agreement: “Junior Brother Shang is right! Senior sisters and junior sisters will only affect the speed of our sword drawing!”

Bai Lingxu didn’t believe it, and told Lu Yang to stop making trouble, then said with a smile: “Junior Brother Shang, you have only been in the Witch Academy for a short time, so you probably don’t know that practicing dual cultivation with a Taoist partner will not only not hinder your cultivation, but will also benefit you.”

After a pause, he asked again: “You still don’t know how to practice dual cultivation, right?”

Seeing Shang Lu shaking his head, he smiled and said, “It’s okay, Senior Brother, I can do it. I’ll teach you.”

“Ok?”

Shang Lu raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that something was not right about these words.

You’re going to teach me the method of dual cultivation? How? We are both men.

Bai Lingxu saw the change in Shang Lu’s expression and was stunned at first, then he reacted and hurriedly explained:

“Don’t get me wrong, Senior Brother, I once obtained a dual cultivation secret book from a senior in my early years. After you soak in the spirit pool, I will copy a copy for you. If you find a Taoist partner in the future, you can study it with her to achieve the mutual generation and harmony of yin and yang, so as to boost the cultivation of both of you.”

Shang Lu’s eyes lit up as he listened, and he felt that the dual cultivation secret that Bai Lingxu mentioned might really be useful to him.

He is a human and Sanniang is a ghost.

One is Yang and the other is Yin.

If they could practice the dual cultivation secret book together, they could really benefit both sides immensely by fusing yin and yang.

“Then I won’t be polite. Thank you, Senior Brother Bai.” Shang Lu bowed.

Bai Lingxu waved his hand and smiled, “You and I are brothers who have lived and died together, so why are you being polite?”

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, “This set of dual cultivation secrets is also very useful for unspeakable secrets.”

“I have no secrets!”

“Yes, yes, you didn’t. Brother, I understand. I understand. Don’t worry, I will never gossip.”

Bai Lingxu made faces and looked like a man who had experienced it all, which made Shang Lu feel helpless and powerless.

After hearing what Bai Lingxu said, Lu Yang came up and said, “Brother Bai, can you give me a copy of this secret manual?”

Bai Lingxu glanced at him and said, “Didn’t you just say that being a senior sister or junior sister would only affect your speed in drawing the sword?” Lu Yang laughed awkwardly. Fortunately, Bai Lingxu didn’t continue to embarrass him. After patting him on the shoulder, he said, “I’ll also copy a copy for you when the time comes. We are all brothers!”

As he spoke, Bai Lingxu suddenly felt a sense of relief that “I am not alone”.

Shang Lu was speechless when he saw the two men arm in arm and discussing in low voices.

And from the witch armor beside him, Gongshu Ling’s cold voice was heard.

“Flesh and blood are weak, no matter how you replenish them or how you train, it’s useless.”

Is this a mockery of us? Shang Lu frowned slightly, feeling that Gongshu Ling’s words sounded a little strange.

However, Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu seemed to be used to it and said:
“We certainly can’t compare to Senior Sister Gongshu.”

“I don’t dare to compare myself with Senior Sister Gongshu.”

“Foolishness!”

Gongshu Ling snorted lightly but didn’t say anything else.

After a while, Shang Lu and the other three, led by the guiding crane, finally reached the depths of the Dragon Head Treasure Land.

The spiritual energy emitted by the spirit pool here is much higher than those outside.

The guiding crane folded its wings and landed beside the spirit pond.

Seeing this, Shang Lu and the other three jumped into the spirit pool without it reminding them.

Shang Lu had soaked in the spirit pool once, so he had experience and was mentally prepared before jumping into the spirit pool.

But it was the first time for Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu to soak in the Spirit Pool. They only knew that the Spirit Pool was a good thing, but they did not expect that the water in the pool, which was not steaming at all, was actually extremely hot.

As soon as they got into the pool, they were scalded and jumped up with a cry, as if their buttocks were burned by fire.

“Why is the water in the Spirit Pond so hot?”

“Is there something wrong?”

After jumping out of the spirit pool, Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu were eager to find the guiding crane to ask for clarification.

As a result, the crane simply closed its eyes, pretended to take a nap, and ignored them completely.

Shang Lu called out from inside the Spirit Pond: “Two senior brothers, the Spirit Pond is just this hot. But even though it’s hot, it has many benefits. If you practice the techniques, you will definitely gain a lot.”

After saying this, he suddenly realized something: Is the spirit pool so hot because of the strong yang energy?

The Yincha token given to him by the City God contained a set of techniques for refining evil spirits and achieving enlightenment.

This set of exercises needs to be practiced in a place with strong Yang energy.

If this place is suitable, then wouldn’t it be more efficient to purify the chaos and refine the evil spirits at the same time?
Shang Lu was just thinking about it when he suddenly heard Gongshu Ling’s words again: “Look, the flesh is weak, if it is replaced by a witch treasure, it will be different.”

Shang Lu thought it was nonsense, Wu Bao had no feeling, so of course he wouldn’t be burned.

Then he remembered something and said, “Huh?” He turned to Wu Jia of Gongshu Ling and said, “Sister Gongshu, why don’t you come to the spirit pool?”

Gongshu Ling seemed to be asked by him.

After a moment of silence, he asked, “Why don’t you ask me to come and soak in the spirit pool?”

Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu carefully went back into the spirit pool and cast surprised looks at Shang Lu.

Shang Lu didn’t think too much about it, and just said: “Although it was your witch armor that had problems this time, you must have been affected as well. You should come and soak in the spirit pool to purify the pollution. I believe the witch academy will not refuse to stop you.”

Gongshu Ling’s voice came faintly from inside the Wujia: “Junior Brother Shang, do you think there is a possibility that the one here is me?”

“Ok?”

Shang Lu was stunned when he heard this.

Looking up and down at the witch armor that was constantly oozing out rotten flesh and blood, his mind flashed through what Gongshu Ling had just said, as well as some strange things that had happened to this witch armor before – such as eating elixirs and being contaminated.

Putting all these things together, Shang Lu had a guess in his mind: “Is this witch armor your body?”

“That’s right.” Wu Jia, or Gongshu Ling, nodded in response.

Lu Yang and Bai Lingxu, who were standing beside them, endured the scorching heat in the spirit pool while speaking:
“Junior Brother Shang, you don’t know that Senior Sister Gongshu has long abandoned her physical body and transformed herself into an iron turtle… No, she transformed herself into a witch armor.”

“I saw that you were close to Senior Sister Gongshu, so I thought you knew it a long time ago.”

Shang Lu smiled bitterly, thinking how could I know? You guys, when you mention Senior Sister Gongshu, you all avoid her and don’t want to say more. Even if I want to know, no one will tell me.

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Wu Jia coming over.

On Wu Jia’s mask, two dancing flames were flickering, like a pair of piercing eyes, staring at Shang Lu.

“Brother Shang, I see that you are different from these idiots. You are a smart person and you should know that flesh and blood are weak. Why don’t you give up your weak body and refine weapons like me to explore the way to immortality.”

Well, it turns out that Senior Sister Gongshu is really following the path of cultivating immortality through science and engineering, and ascending to the highest realm through mechanics? !

And judging from what she said, she said it so fluently, maybe she often tells others about her method of “mechanical ascension”?
No wonder all the disciples in the Witch Academy avoided her as much as possible.

I’m afraid that in the eyes of many people, Gongshu Ling is not only an alien, but also a heretic?

(End of this chapter)